To override the presidents veto of H.R. 9469, a bill providing for the constitution of a new division of the eastern judicial district of tex., the holding of t

On Jan 22, 1897, the House voted 144–68 (HR 9469). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–53, Democrats 54–15, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 68 members voted against their own party.

During the 54th Congress (1895–1896), Grover Cleveland was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 144
No: 68
Did not vote: 158
Date: Jan 22, 1897

By party

Democrats54 yes · 15 no · 38 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 53 no · 112 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard Henry Clarke D-AL voted no
George Paul Harrison D-AL voted no
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R-CA voted no
Eugene Francis Loud R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Charles Addison Russell R-CT voted no
Charles Merian Cooper D-FL voted no
Thomas Graves Lawson D-GA voted no
James Conquest Cross Black D-GA voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
John Fletcher Lacey R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
George Douglas Perkins R-IA voted no
Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
James Austin Connolly R-IL voted no
Benson Wood R-IL voted no
Orlando Burrell R-IL voted no
George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
Robert John Tracewell R-IN voted no
Henry Underwood Johnson R-IN voted no
Charles Lewis Henry R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
Lemuel Willard Royse R-IN voted no
Orrin Larrabee Miller R-KS voted no
John Kerr Hendrick D-KY voted no
Walter Evans R-KY voted no
Charles Francis Buck D-LA voted no
John Francis Fitzgerald D-MA voted no
Elijah Adams Morse R-MA voted no
Alfred Milnes R-MI voted no
Roswell Peter Bishop R-MI voted no
John Avery R-MI voted no
Charles Nelson Clark R-MO voted no
George Calhoun Crowther R-MO voted no
Seth Wallace Cobb D-MO voted no
John Henry Raney R-MO voted no
John Curtis Kyle D-MS voted no
Thomas Mcewan Jr. R-NJ voted no
Francis Henry Wilson R-NY voted no
James Robinson Howe R-NY voted no
John Murry Mitchell R-NY voted no
George Brinton Mcclellan D-NY voted no
Jacob Le Fever R-NY voted no
Charles Addison Chickering R-NY voted no
James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Charles William Gillet R-NY voted no
Charles Phelps Taft R-OH voted no
Francis Byron De Witt R-OH voted no
James Harding Southard R-OH voted no
Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
Stephen Ross Harris R-OH voted no
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R-OH voted no
Lorenzo Danford R-OH voted no
Joseph Johnson Hart D-PA voted no
Constantine Jacob Erdman D-PA voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
Ephraim Milton Woomer R-PA voted no
Josiah Duane Hicks R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Thomas Wharton Phillips R-PA voted no
Matthew Griswold R-PA voted no
Galusha Aaron Grow R-PA voted no
Melville Bull R-RI voted no
John Ethridge Mccall R-TN voted no
Josiah Patterson D-TN voted no
Robert Taylor Thorp R-VA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To override the presidents veto of H.R…: House Vote, Jan 22, 1897,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/54-H-128/to-override-the-presidents-veto-of-h-r-9469 (accessed 2026-10-17).